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July 14, 1931. J. F. WINER ET AL SIGN Filed May 21, 1950 llllll in "ll'illi James fiTA z'ner M Na 2774)? N/fayo ATTORNEY Patented July 14, 1931 UNITEQ' STATEdarent me JAMES FREDERICK WINER, F TMIAMI, AND NATHAN NEWSOM MAYO, OF OCALA,

FLORIDA SIGN Application filed May 21, 1930. Serial No. 454,374.

Our present invention has reference to an illuminated sign of changing colors and our primary object is to provide an illuminated sign that will enable the sign letters and face to be illuminated with different color effects as the lantern in the sign housing revolves.

A further object is toprovide a sign that includes a housing having a face plat-e provided with transparent letters, a cylindrical lantern j'ournaled for rotation in the housing and comprising a member which is translucent and variably colored, the said lantern having arranged therein any desired number of stationary lamp bulbs and a reflector therefor, together with air wheels or propellers for operating a train of gears for imparting rotation to the lantern so that the rays of light from the lamp bulbs will permeate through the lantern and through the sign on the face of the housing and thereby produce an artistic and attractive efi'ect.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement hereinafter described and definitely claimed. In the'drawings:

Figure 1 is aperspective view of a sign in accordance with our invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a face view with the sign plate removed and parts of the improvement in section.

The casing or housing of our improvement is preferably in the nature of a semi-cylindrical member. The housing 1 has its flat face closed by a plate 2 which is preferably of translucent material and which has arranged thereon sign letters 3 which are transparent. Journaled through the ends of the housing there is a tubular shaft 4,. held stationary in any desired manner, and through one end of this shaft there are received the encased wires 5 that are connected to any desired number of lamp bulbs 6 which have their bases screwed in suitable openings in the stationary shaft 4. The lamp bulbs also sustain on the shaft 4 a reflector 7 which is of concavo convex cross section. The bulbs 6 and reflector 7 are received in a transparent or translucent cylindricallantern 8. The lantern has both of its ends journaled on the shaft but one of the ends, indicated by the numeral 9, is in the nature of a cap member and is provided with a series of equidistantly spaced apertures or openings 10. These openings are engaged by teeth on a pintle 11. The pintle is journaled on a suitable stub shaft 12 secured to one end of the housing 1, and on the said stub shaft there is fixed one of a train of gears 13, one of such gears being en-v gaged by a pinion 14 on a shaft 15 that extends longitudinally through the housing 1. This shaft has fixed on the ends thereof which project through the housing wind wheels 17 The device is positioned so that the wheels 17 will be contacted by the wind and thereby revolve the shaft 15 and the train of gears to impart a rotary motion to the lantern 8. The lantern 8 is variably colored, as indicated by the characters 18, and the rays of light from the bulbs 6 will penetrate through the colored lantern and through the sign 3 on the outer face of the housing 1. The revolving lantern will cause the colors thereon to blend as they penetrate through the transparent sign 3 and thus afford not only an artistic and pleasing effect but afford a means which cannot fail to attract attention to the sign.

It is believed that the foregoing descrip- 0 tion when read in connection with the accompanying drawings will fully set forth the operation and advantages of our improved sign and that further detailed description 'will not be required. Obviously we do not wish to be restricted to the precise details herein set forth and, therefore, hold ourselves entitled to make such changes therefrom as fairly fall within the scope of what we claim. Having described the invention, we claim: 1. A sign including a housing having a translucent face provided with transparent letters, a fixed shaft extending longitudinally through the housing, sources of light on the shaft, a reflector fixed on the shaft for such 95. sources of light, a cylindrical lantern of transparent material mounted for rotation on the shaft, and said lantern being variably colored, said lantern having a cap end which is peripherally apertured, a pintle engaging the apertures, speed decreasing gears in the housing, one of which being fixed to the pintle, a shaft journaled through the ends of the housing fixed on one of the gears and Wind Wheels on the outer ends of the shaft.

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